Sash-cord fastener



(10 Model.)

H. R. YOUNG. Sash Cord Fastener;

Patented April 19,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEZEKIAH It. YOUNG, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 240,491, dated April 1.9, 1881.

' Application filed March 9,1881. (No model.)

and the letters of reference marked thereon, to

be a full, clear, and exact description Of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a perspective view of the fastener; Fig. 2, a perspective View of the fastener at- 'tached to the cord; Fig. 3, its application to the sash; Fig. 4, as engaged with the jamb when detached from the sash.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for engaging the cord of a sash-weight with the sash. Various devices have been resorted to tO make a simple fastening for sashcords, the most common being to tie a knotin the end of the cord and placetbe knotin a socket at the lower end ofthe sash-cord groove in the sash. Other devices, however, have been employedfor instance, a hook at the end of the cord to engage a bar Or eyelet secured to the sash at the lower end of the groove.

The object of this invention is the construction Of a fastener which will engage the sash without attaching to the sash any other part Or piece; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the body of the fastener, which is in semi-cylindrical shape, its inner surface made tO t upon the cord B, as seen in Fig. 2. From this body is a diagonal upwardly-projecting stud, C. This completes the fastener. It is attached to the cord by several wires, a, drawn tightly around both the body of the fastener and the cord, as seen in Fig. 2, the ends of the wires twisted together; or it may be otherwise secured.

D represents the sash, in which is the usual cord-groove, E. At the point where the attachment of the cord is to be made a transverse hole, F, is bored, substantially in the usual manner as when the cord is to be secured by a knot in its end. At the intersection of the groove E and the hole F another hole is bored diagonally upward into the sash, as at G, Fig. 3, into which the diagonal stud C enters, as seen in Fig. 3, bringing the body of the fastener upon the bottom of the groove in the sash, so that the lift comes upon the stud C.

By this construction all that is required to secure the fastener in addition to the usual groove and'hole, F, made for the knot is the diagonal hole G, which is readily bored with any ordinary bit. All parts and pieces to be attached to the sash in other attachments are dispensed with.

Another advantage of this fastener is the facility with which it may be made to engage the window-jamb when detached from the sash. This is done by simply boring a hole, H, diagonally upward into the jamb, as seen in Fig. 4, and then when the fastener is disengaged from the -sash the cord is simply turned halt' around, and the stud C entered into the hole H.

I do not broadly claim a sash-cord fastener constructed with a hook-shaped end; neither do I claim a sash-cord fastener constructed to partly surround the cord as a means for securing it thereto, as such, I am aware, is not new; but

What I do claim is- The herein-described sash-cord fastener, consisting of the body A, constructed to lit and be attached to the cord, and with a stud, C, projecting diagonally upward from said body to enter a diagonal bore in the sash, substantially as described.

\ HEZEKIAH R. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

GEORGE N. MORSE, GEORGE W. SPRAGUE. 

